Have you ever thought about asking a hyena, “What’s so funny?” Well, you’re not alone. Despite common knowledge telling us ...

An artist’s rendering of ancient Arctic hyenas belonging to the genus Chasmaporthetes. A new study reports that two enigmatic fossil teeth found in Yukon Territory in Canada belonged to ...

Paleontologists, who recovered the teeth in the 1970s, tentatively thought them to belong to hyenas, but the new paper is the first to confirm the fossils' identity and report on them in detail. The ...

The two isolated teeth were identified from over 50,000 mammal fossils collected over the course of the last 100 years in the Old Crow Basin. The hyena fossils were recovered in the 1970s and ...

Though today hyenas are often found stalking the African savannas and deserts, ... The two teeth were among 50,000 specimens collected from the Old Crow Basin region.

We may not regard hyenas as the most adorable animals, but they are both fascinating and impressive. Despite having the appearance of a rather thin and scruffy dog, they belong to the Feliformia ...

About 65,000 years ago, a large carnivore — perhaps a cave hyena — chomped down on the face of a (likely dead) Neanderthal. Then, that carnivore partially digested two of the hominin's teeth ...

Modern hyenas are known as hunters and scavengers in Asian and African ecosystems such as the savanna. But in ancient times, these powerful carnivores also roamed a very different landscape, ...

Though today hyenas are often found stalking the African savannas and deserts, ... The two teeth were among 50,000 specimens collected from the Old Crow Basin region.

Fossil teeth reveal ancient hyenas in the Arctic Date: June 18, 2019 Source: University at Buffalo Summary: Modern hyenas are known as hunters and scavengers in Asian and African ecosystems such ...